README.md

haskell.nix is infrastructure for building Haskell packages with Nix

haskell.nix can automatically translate your Cabal or Stack project and its dependencies into Nix code.

Documentation

• Introduction
• Getting Started
• Troubleshooting
• Explore the documentation from there to find further topics.

Help! Something isn't working

The #1 problem that people have when using haskell.nix is that they find themselves building GHC. This should not happen, but you must follow the haskell.nix setup instructions properly to avoid it. If you find this happening to you, please check that you have followed the getting started instructions and consult the corresponding troubleshooting section.

The troubleshooting documentation also contains some help for other common issues. If you're still stuck open an issue.

Related repos

The haskell.nix repository contains the runtime system for building Haskell packages in Nix. It depends on other repos, which are:

• hackage.nix — the latest contents of the Hackage databases, converted to Nix expressions.

• stackage.nix — all of the Stackage snapshots, converted to Nix expressions.

Note

For commercial support, please don't hesitate to reach out at [email protected]